COURSE OVERVIEW

This course systematically analyses the various types of trade finance products including how and why they are used, the benefits they provide to exporters/importers, how they are structured and why they enable risk to be identified, managed, mitigated and transferred. A wide variety of trade products will be explained including Documentary Collections, Letters of Credit in their various forms, Bonds/Guarantees/Standby Letters of Credit and the numerous ways in which trade finance is provided, both pre and post shipment.
The course will also examine how trade finance differs from other forms of lending and the attractiveness of trade products to corporates as a form of working capital finance and also to banks, both in terms of broadening client relationships and in the cost effective use of their balance sheet.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

A broad understanding of the full range of trade finance products

How trade products can be appropriately structured to meet the specific needs of the buyer and seller (and the banks providing them)

Using trade products to increase international business in a safe way via risk identification and mitigation techniques

How risks can be transferred between parties

The benefits of trade finance over other forms of finance (for a corporate and a bank)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The target audience is varied including bankers working in client relationship, transaction banking sales & product areas and credit & risk roles and also corporate professionals who require a working knowledge of trade finance.

CERTIFIED TRADE FINANCE SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION

The International Academy of Business and Financial Management is one of the world’s fastest growing professional associations with more than 200,000 members, associates and affiliates in 145 countries. IABFM™ hosts and organizes certification training worldwide and offers exclusive board designations to candidates who meet the highest professional standards and assessment criteria.
The IABFM is credited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) the International Standards setting authority.